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This collection, which is arranged alphabetically by author, is made up of correspondence and documents from Stearns' early years in California. The collection primarily deals with the history of Spanish California, as well as early commerce and trading in the region. It also contains a few items prior to Stearns' move to California, concerning his business on the East Coast. Also included in this collection is a letter to Robert S. Baker, second husband of Arcadia (Bandini) Stearns Baker, from Edward Fitzgerald Beale of the Department of the Interior.
Abel Stearns (1798-1871) was a pioneer ranch owner and businessman of early California. Orphaned in 1810, he left Massachusetts and went to sea, making trips to China, the East Indies and Latin America. In the 1820s he began his career as a businessman dealing in shoes in Philadelphia. He left for Mexico in 1826 and eventually arrived in Monterey in 1829. In Monterey, while waiting for a land grant approval, he began his career in merchandising. He moved to Los Angeles in 1833 and joined the trading business with Juan Bandini, eventually marrying Bandini's daughter Arcadia. As well as being a businessman in Los Angeles, he held minor political offices and was a representative for the Los Angeles district at the state constitutional convention in 1849. In 1858 he was the wealthiest man in Los Angeles, owning several businesses and a large amount of land. Stearns took an active role in promoting the development of Los Angeles and San Pedro. He died in San Francisco in 1871.
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Photo by Wanda Jackson. Lisa Naples, second from left, shares her techniques for making decorative and functional ceramics at Greenbelt Community Center.
Published on: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
By Wanda Jackson
In Lisa Naples' Pennsylvania-barn studio, crow and hare images adorn pitchers, bowls, vases and large jars. The crows have long, black beaks, which provide the perfect gesture on pitcher spouts. The crows' yellow, inquisitive eyes and sleek bluish-purple or brown feathers make them perhaps far more human than they should be.
Naples' "animal figures" were part of a weekend ceramic workshop offered through the Greenbelt Recreation Department Arts Program in partnership with Greenbelt Pottery.
The two-day, hands-on workshop, "Animal Figures and Found Objects," took place March 2 and March 3 and included an artist talk and reception at the Greenbelt Community center.
Workshop highlights included construction techniques and colored slip decoration using dry and wet-brush techniques. It culminated with each participant creating a functional earthenware work.
When she was 17, Naples took a pottery class as a college freshman for fun.
"That was 1978," Naples said. "Even though I wouldn't come to know it in a conscious way for another four years, that simple exposure was enough to begin a lifelong relationship with clay. From that moment on, I built my life and decisions around what was next for me in ceramics."
Naples received her Master of Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1988.
In 2010, Naples was awarded the prestigious "Best of Philly" award in the "Gallery Artist" category. Also in 2010, her work was featured in the publication "Masters Earthenware: Major Works from Leading Artists." In 2005, she was awarded a residency at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
"I've always counted myself very fortunate to have found such a meaningful path that just about always seems to have arrows pointing me to the next direction … and to be so engaged and compelled by my chosen career," Naples said.
"At this stage of the game, I have faith in the creative process to the point that even when I can't see the direction ahead I know that if I can make space for play and practice, I'll be fine," she said. "And I always am."

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Glenn Sulmasy Reviews "Legal and Ethical Lessons of NATO's Kosovo Campaign" - By Andru E. Wall
October 1, 2003Glenn M. Sulmasy
In August of 2001, a group of leading international law scholars gathered at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, to meet and discuss the many issues associated with the NATO campaign in Kosovo. Their charge was to discuss, argue, learn and write about the successes and mistakes of the campaign. More broadly, they analyzed the law of armed conflict (LOAC)1 in the era of modern warfare. Legal and Ethical Lessons of NATO's Kosovo Campaign is a compilation of the debates and presentations made by this learned group. As Wall captures in the introduction of his book, the sad irony of the conference is that the scholars in attendance could never have predicted the tragedy of 9/11 was a mere month away. In a brief few hours on that Tuesday morning in September, modern warfare changed again. This conference's issues became critically important
to decision-makers around the world. The War on Terror ushered in a whole new array of problems challenging established LOAC principles. It is with that chilling knowledge the book puts forth reasoned debates as to issues ranging from the jus ad bello and, most importantly in the current context, the jus in bello. Throughout, regardless of which side of the debate the attendees espoused, it is clear lawyers have become an integral part of combat operations. The assembled scholars, including Dr. Nicholas Rostow of the United States mission to the United Nations, Sir Adam Roberts of Oxford, Dr. Leslie Green, and Prof. John Norton Moore, present a thoughtful and insightful discussion on the topic. This compilation by scholars, practitioners and warriors makes for a most enjoyable and learned discussion of the issues. The book is well reasoned and, as I will discuss, a must read for all policy makers.
Glenn Sulmasy Reviews "Legal and Ethical Lessons of NATO's Kosovo Campaign" - By Andru E. Wall


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The same UK three day "mini-tours" covering some of the nicest parts of three UK National Parks.
Normally 2-3 trips per Summer, although 2013 is becoming a little chock full with other events.
May 10th to 12th 2013 – The Yorkshire Dales & Teeside
A variation of the Best of Three, regular tour. A trip to suit all budgets, and slightly fewer miles than the 550 mile standard tour. There will be the usual Inn accommodation in the Dales, but to encourage those budding Adventurers out there, there will be the option to get back-to-basics and set up camp. If you're so inclined, you may witness a fine collection of old tractors and get to use a rarely glimpsed, "lush" toilet. Rather than ride around the English Lake District on the Saturday, we'll take alternative roads, with only light traffic normally and have a lunch at the famous Hartside Café. Highlights – great roads, the vintage tractors, fun nights in the pub. The "lush" toilet.
I am "customer-led" here.... if the first few people to book prefer to have the usual Lake District or Yorkshire Dales trip instead - that's fine by me. I'm happy wherever we go, but I just try and ring the changes a bit now & again. The Geordieland variation went down well in 2012, so here's the option to repeat it.
September "overspill" dates to be confirmed - to fit around Iceland tour dates
We ride the Derbyshire Peak District, the English Lake District and The Yorkshire Dales; all in one long weekend.
See the articles to your right for full details and photos. Click any photo to see it enlarged. All pictures taken on recent tours. My testimonials page also gives you a flavour of what these short tours are about.
To read someone else's take on this trip read this http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410 from the famous American Pashnit touring site. Actually I think "Orson" is Canadian born, but has homes in the USA & Saudi. He did a "DIY" version of the same trip - same routes - same roads. Nice pictures - rivalling, or even surpassing my own efforts I must say.
It's nearly always a Friday / Saturday / Sunday - 3-day event Always a fairly small group. Max group size is normally 10-15 bikes. Usually less. Start from Nottingham 9:15am on Friday. Many guests coming up from the South tend to stay over Thursday night in Nottingham the night before. I can arrange accommodation for you. We usually have a "get to know you" session involving beer, curry, and maybe a trip to England's Oldest Inn.
There are sometimes exceptions to the standard tour. If there is a high proportion of returning guests, who have already done the standard "Best of Three" tour before, I sometimes use a different place for a base and I alter the riding routes to suit. All discussed by email exchanges with potential tour guests..
Tour Costs - for all Best of three "mini-tours"
1 rider, 1 bike, happy to share a twin room with another tour guest
1 rider in a single room / or singly occupying double, twin or family room.
Couple (or friends) on 1 bike, happy to share a double or twin room with each other
Ł165 for rider and Ł99 for the pillion passenger.
Note - pillion passengers cost me exactly the same in accommodation as the riders do. However, I'll allow this discount, because pillions make better use of double & twin rooms, and it's one less bike to look after (or break down!)
Camping version Ł99, where possible. (There are camspites close to our hotel accommodation in both Dent, Cowgill and Ravenglass)
I can arrange accommodation in Nottingham for anyone requiring this on Thursday night before the tour commences. This is approx Ł40 per head, depending on the hotel used.


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MATTHEWS, N.C.— They call it The Garden of Feedin'. And the name is perfect.
While the garden at Matthews United Methodist Church may not look different than a back yard garden, it's purpose is unique. The congregation is growing vegetables to feed the poor on land that at one time sat idle.
"The spinach was fabulous. We took a big bag to the Matthews Help Center," said Lois West as she showed off the garden to NBC Charlotte.
West and Youth Director Brent Boyd are leading members as they work together to harvest vegetables for Matthews residents.
"It's rewarding because I love to garden and so it's something I love and to realize that it's helping people is a good feeling," she said.
The ministry is also a teaching tool for kids at the church who work weekly to plant and harvest. Other members prepare the vegetables and package them so they can be distributed.
While the church isn't sure exactly how many people they've helped, West has a bigger vision. She is currently reaching out to other churches to share her ideas on helping one another.
"Every time I drive and see land, I say, 'Why not put a garden there? Just think how many people we could feed if you had a garden there.'"


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I just took a 1.1.2 iPhone and decided to downgrade it to 1.1.1.
From my testing now 1.0.2 downgrade is necessary.
- you need to have the firmware 1.1.1 ipsw file in your computer
NOTE: This guide does not guarantee it will work 100%. Also errors 1015 is expected at the end of the process. Continue reading to understand.
1. Download the 1.1.1 ipsw firmware file from Apple. If the downloaded file has the extension ".zip", please remove it and modify it to end up with a filename ending in _Restore.ipsw
2. Reboot your iPhone holding the top (power) and home buttons BUT release the top button 10 seconds into it (right after the screen goes dark) and continue to hold the home button until iTunes detects the phone in recovery mode. The iPhone screen will appear to be off, but start iTunes if not started yet .
3. Restore your iPhone by pressing and holding the 'Shift' key on windows or 'option' key on Mac, then click 'restore' to select the 1.1.1 firmware file you downloaded earlier. The restore should go through and errors at the end with error 1015. However you will notice that the iphone is in DFU mode with the connect to itunes screen from 1.1.1.
In order to kick the phone out of that mode I just had to launch iNdependence version 1.2.5 and wait a minute or so.
Now you are ready to follow the easy steps at the following LINK in order to reactivate the phone:
PS: And for those who wonder about IPSF, I tried to run it on my downgraded iPhone and it could not unlock the phone. It errors with "Unable to download firmware". We should expect and update from IPSF shortly!
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text: USPOULTRY Awards Grants for College Recruitment More than $150,000 will be awarded to colleges and universities to bring new students into the poultry industry Published on: Sep 21, 2012 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Story RSS Permalink Print The USPOULTRY Foundation has approved student recruiting grants totaling approximately $160,000 to the six U.S. universities with poultry science departments and 15 other institutions with industry related programs. The Foundation provides annual recruiting funds to colleges and universities to attract students to their poultry programs. The grants will help schools recruit students interested in poultry programs. USPOULTRY Foundation chairman Gary Cooper of Cooper Farms in Oakwood, Ohio, said the foundation plays an important role in encouraging students to enroll in industry-related studies and become future industry leaders. "It is vital that we continue to draw sharp young people to study for careers in the poultry industry. We need bright young managers to join our companies today, as they will eventually be the leaders of tomorrow," Cooper said.Grants will bring students into poultry studies at a variety of U.S. colleges and universities. The six poultry science departments receiving the grants are: - Texas A&M, $24,910 - North Carolina State, $18,279 - University of Arkansas, $15,491 - Auburn University, $13,632 - Mississippi State, $14,477 - University of Georgia, $13,210 The 15 other institutions with industry related programs receiving recruiting grants under the Foundation's Industry Education Funding Program are: - California State University, California – $7,000 - Clemson University, South Carolina – $2,500 - Crowder College, Missouri – $2,500 - Gainesville State College, Georgia – $2,000 - Iowa State University, Iowa – $2,000 - Jones Junior College, Mississippi – $2,400 - Louisiana State University, Louisiana – $7,000 - Modesto Junior College, California – $5,000 - National Park Community College, Arkansas – $6,500 - Penn State University, Pennsylvania – $7,000 - Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas – $3,000 - Tennessee Tech University, Tennessee – $2,500 - University of Delaware, Delaware – $4,600 - Wallace State Community College, Alabama – $2,000 - West Virginia University, West Virginia – $4,000 U.S. Poultry & Egg Association established the USPOULTRY Foundation in 1994 to provide student recruiting funds to universities with poultry science departments. In 2004, the Poultry Science Education Funding Program, now named the Industry Education Recruitment Funding Program, was added to the Foundation's umbrella so other colleges and universities that offer industry related studies are eligible to apply for recruiting grants. Applications must be submitted for these grants, which provide up to $7,000 each.


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Dawkins is the sluggish pundit's dream. It does not matter which paper you work for. Editors of all political persuasions and none will take an attack on Darwin's representative on earth. With the predictability of the speaking clock, Owen Jones, the Peter Hitchens of the left, thinks the same as Craig Brown, Private Eye's high Tory satirist. Tom Chivers, the Telegraph's science blogger, says the same as Andrew Brown, the Guardian's religious affairs correspondent. The BBC refuses to run contrary views. It assures the nation that 'militant' atheism is as fanatical as militant religion — despite the fact that no admirer of The God Delusion has ever planted a bomb, or called for the murder of homosexuals, Jews and apostates.
Sharp operators could sell the same piece a dozen times without changing a word. Read the papers, and you will suspect that is exactly what sharp operators have done.
Cultural conservatives have always hated Dawkins for challenging traditional Christian beliefs. The liberal-left is fine with knocking Christianity, but it hates Dawkins for being intellectually consistent and tweeting — yes, that's right, tweeting — against Islam too. Many of the charges against his inappropriate tweets are extraordinary. Jones denounces Dawkins for tweeting 'Who the hell do these Muslims think they are? At UCL of all places, tried to segregate the sexes in debate'. If Jones can't see what is wrong with segregation, then not even an equality course for beginners can save him.


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- Mama J said...
Love the Duggars comment. :)
This is a great recipe, my husband and I used to eat this a lot- delicious.
- July 5, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Lisa @ Flour Me With Love said...
I've never made beef stroganoff with ground beef, however this looks delicious; I can't wait to make it. I love how you grew your own mushrooms too, my husband would love that!
- July 5, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Holly said...
I'm a big fan of beeg stroganoff. I have a recipe similar to yours! I love how easy and yummy it is. I'm like you too Bran, Im not a mushroom eater, so I make my stroganoff without them as well : )
- July 5, 2011 at 10:24 AM
- Holly said...
*beef not beeg! ha ha
- July 5, 2011 at 10:25 AM
- Ang said...
This recipe takes me right back to my childhood during the weeknights. My mom could pull this together in no time and we would gobble it all up. :)
- July 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- carolinaheartstrings said...
Wow does this recipe looks terrific. I am going to try your version. This is just such a great all around family friendly food.
- July 5, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Lizzy said...
Mmmmmm, one of my childhood favorites, too! And I can make it for my family and keep all the mushrooms for myself...yum!
- July 5, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Muriel Miller said...
Yum I love beef stroganoff! The hubs would love this!
- July 5, 2011 at 11:48 PM
- Muriel Miller said...
By the way I made your spasagna again! It's a hit in our house!
- July 5, 2011 at 11:49 PM
- Jill@MadAboutMacarons said...
How did you read my mind, Brandie? Just like that - I want some! Please.
- July 6, 2011 at 1:13 PM
- thetravellingchopsticks said...
I know what you mean in regards to beef stoganoff being comforting - I love it! Although I have never made it with minced beef before, I usually use strips of beef - but this looks far easier! X
- July 6, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- Christine's Pantry said...
Yum I love beef stroganoff!
- July 6, 2011 at 11:34 PM
- Kristen said...
I will NEVER purchase the box stuff again!!!!!
- July 10, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Julie said...
Oh Yummy! I cannot wait to try this. I've only ever made Stroganoff with cut up beef. Ground beef will be SO much easier! I just bought several pounds too so I think I'll add this to my menu this week! Thanks so much for sharing it!
- July 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Sarah E. said...
Yummy! This sounds just like my mother-in-law's recipe - can't wait to try it :)
- July 11, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Elizabeth said...
I made this last weekend and my husband and I nibbled on it several days. I did substitute light sour cream and reduced fat soups but it is an amazingly easy comfort food! Definitely staying in the from of my recipe binder!
- October 1, 2011 at 9:18 AM
I Make a stroganoff very much like this but I use cream of mushroom with roasted garlic soup and my family loves it.
- October 3, 2011 at 3:02 PM
We had this for dinner tonight.... my husband claims he doesn't like stroganoff, but said he would try it because he has only had it with the chunks of beef (stew meat).... he really like it!! I served mine over rice instead of the noodles for something different and we really enjoyed it:) I haven't made one thing from your site that we haven't liked. Thank you so much for the great recipes!!
- October 12, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- The Country Cook said...
Hi Casey! Thank you SO much!! I always appreciate feedback and I'm so happy this was a winner for you. You made my day! Thank you!
- October 13, 2011 at 12:41 PM
This was soo good! Thanks for the recipe. Stumbled on it on pinterest while looking to make something with ground beef. Is there any way I could get the nutritional info for this recipe?
- January 15, 2012 at 5:08 PM
- The Country Cook said...
Hi Dina! So glad you enjoyed it!!! I'm not really sure how to get the nutritional information for this. Maybe there is some sort of website or application that can be used?
- January 16, 2012 at 9:25 AM
- MarkRupperts said...
Ground Beef Stroganoff is indeed a comfort food for me as well. I'll take note of the recipe and will make this later. Thanks for sharing.
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- January 17, 2012 at 12:04 AM
I used to serve this with some wine australia for dinner since my hubby loves this.
- February 8, 2012 at 3:27 AM
This is delicious!!! Thanks for sharing.
- June 6, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Made it tonight ,used some nice steak tips. THE BOOM ! Add a little crush pepper on top , gives a nice little kick to it
- August 17, 2012 at 6:45 PM
My bad,I ment the bomb!
- August 17, 2012 at 8:53 PM
- The Country Cook said...
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed this one!! Thank you for taking the time to let me know! :)
- August 18, 2012 at 8:01 AM
I made this last night for dinner....halfway through realizing I had no flour. So I just cooked in an extra 10 minutes and it was thick enough! = There were no leftovers! My daughter (who doesn't eat meat normally) ate a bowl of it, and my 6 year old asked if he could have it again tonight! Thank you for making happy tummies everywhere!
- October 19, 2012 at 7:47 PM
I made this last week, everyone loved it! Thank you so much.
- November 1, 2012 at 2:41 PM
This was delicious!! Easy, fast and soo good! Hubby loved it!!
- November 1, 2012 at 8:53 PM
Made this on Thursday and it was so good! A fast meal for a weeknight.
- November 7, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Deb said...
Made this last night and it was Delish !!!! Quick, easy and family loved it ;)
- December 11, 2012 at 11:03 AM
I loved this dish! I made some crescent rolls to go with and Hubby and I finished everything off.. YUM!
- December 13, 2012 at 7:52 PM
This recipe was so good! I felt bad when I made it because we had hamburger helper stroganoff sitting in the cupboard and now I feel even worse because I might never get around to making it after having this. Thanks so much!
- December 14, 2012 at 5:11 PM
- Debi Clark said...
Made it. Ate it. Loved it.
- December 29, 2012 at 10:39 PM
- groanygirl said...
I just made this, and even though I had to use chicken broth instead of beef, it turned out really yummy. I added a little parsley when I was sauteeing the onions and mushrooms, too.
- February 21, 2013 at 6:14 PM
Believe it or not, I had never had beef stroganoff (I know!). Anxious to try it after reading this recipe, I made it and REALLY enjoyed it! I served it with a salad and french bread which was an awesome combination! I did use fat free sour cream and the (almost) fat free cream of mushroom and it turned out great! Thanks so much for broadening my horizons with this recipe! ;)
- March 10, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Just had this for dinner and it was marvelous. I prefer it over traditional stroganoff because I don't enjoy the big chunks of meat, the ground beef is just perfect. Lots of flavor in this and it's going to be great reheated for lunch tomorrow. Thanks for two great recipes in one weekend, Brandie! The Southern Pecan Praline cake from yesterday is great reheated, as well. You cook the way I like to eat. :)
- March 17, 2013 at 6:49 PM
- Pamela Burns said...
I just made this tonight for dinner. I LOVE beef stroganoff but wanted a recipe that was more made from scratch. I just substituted organic cream of mushroom soup (i can't have MSG) and added some Worcestershire sauce at the end. My husband and I LOVED it!
- April 15, 2013 at 7:23 PM
- Melissa Miller said...
I'll be making this tonight! It's a go-to recipe! I might add in some of my Country Bob's Sauce!
- May 3, 2013 at 7:42 PM
- Melissa Miller said...
I got in touch with Back to the Roots thanks to your post! Thanks for sharing.
- May 3, 2013 at 9:05 PM
I am 44 years old and I've been eating this for as long as I can remember. It's been a family favorite and a hit with my own children as well.
- June 2, 2013 at 9:57 AM
- Maopa Lutui said...
I'm excited to make this for dinner tomorrow!! Thank you for sharing :)
- June 24, 2013 at 3:14 AM
I didn't have the cream of mushroom soup and it turned out PERFECTLY! Thank you for sharing. I added a bit of horseradish and upped the sour cream. Returned to this for leftovers (I hate leftovers). Love your site!
- June 27, 2013 at 12:29 AM
This is one of my favorite last minute go to meals, but we've always called it, " Poor Man's Stroganoff".
- July 3, 2013 at 9:20 AM
So.....I didn't have all the ingredients for this, so I improvised! I used cream cheese in place of the sour cream and added a little heavy cream with chicken broth instead of beef (that's all I had at home). I left out the mushrooms but added about 1 Tablespoon of cooking sherry. It was yummy! Served it over mashed potatoes, and sent hubby to the store for egg noodles so I can serve it over those for tomorrow's lunch.
- July 11, 2013 at 11:23 PM
I just made this tonight for dinner. It is amazing. I was not sure if I would like it or not,but I am trying new recipes out. My family loved it.
- July 16, 2013 at 7:13 PM
- Saundra Moore said...
Made this twice...love it with the ground beef. Instead of crumbling the ground beef, I made meatballs and added 2 teaspoons of brown gravy seasoning...Delicious!!
- July 28, 2013 at 7:28 PM
- Brandy Thatcher said...
Made this for dinner tonight, had the meat but wasn't sure what I was going to make. Found the recipe on Pinterest. I have made what I thought was the quick version before, meat, noodles, cream of mushroom soup and that's it. Don't think I will be making it "my way" anymore. This recipe only took a few more minutes (sauté onions and mushrooms) and was much more tasty. Thanks!
- August 6, 2013 at 11:10 PM
- jamie charlson said...
Must I use sour cream?
- August 16, 2013 at 10:56 PM
- Yes, Anastasia said...
This was AMAZING. Used cream of mushroom soup with garlic. Yum, yum, yum.
- October 19, 2013 at 7:17 PM
I made this tonight and it turned out very, very well -- my wife and I loved it. I was surprised how quick and simple it was, too!
Thanks so much for sharing!
- December 5, 2013 at 12:23 AM
- Jon Hurt said...
Just made this recipe tonight for myself and a friend. My friend has NEVER liked beef stroganoff, but this recipe surprised them. They LOVED it! Thanks for sharing the recipe, it was really great!
- January 10, 2014 at 12:28 AM
- Jon Hurt said...
Hmm, well for some reason it said posted anonymously. I'm not anonymous (hehe). Thanks again.
- January 10, 2014 at 12:30 AM
- Jon Hurt said...
When I made it, I used 3/4 cup plain greek yogurt and 1/4 cup sour cream to cut down on the sour cream taste that my friend dislikes. We both think it turned out wonderfully.
- January 10, 2014 at 12:31 AM
- Bonnie Snyder said...
I have made this for over 30 years.... brown hamburger - onions etc. - add one can of mushroom soup and a can of beefy mushroom soup and a can of boiling water. Add 1 cup of sour cream - (all this is done in one skillet) add salt pepper. Once stirred - add 2T of kitchen bouquet (to darken the stroganoff) While browning hamburger and onions - cook dumpling style egg noodles. For something different you can add mexican corn to the mix!
- January 23, 2014 at 2:31 PM
I have made this many times over the years, and my recipe was very similar (I guess great minds really do think alike?!) I love it, and the more mushrooms, the better! No one else here, though, likes mushrooms, they say, so I chop them really finely and they never know they're eating them. Sometimes I use strips of beef, but this is usually one of my low-cost meals, and I usually have all the ingredients on hand. This is a great quick and easy, low cost dinner. Thanks for making it more mainstream!
- January 23, 2014 at 4:13 PM
I'm going to make this for my in-laws tonight!! Sounds delish! Maybe I'll make some biscuits to go with it!!!
Thanks for the idea!!
- March 10, 2014 at 5:02 PM
- pandiej said...
I made this meal today for my family. They love it. I will be making it again!!!!
- March 18, 2014 at 10:34 PM
Thank you:) hubby and I enjoyed it
- March 23, 2014 at 10:06 PM
My mom's old Betty Crocker cookbook has a similar recipe. I add about 1/4 cup of sherry. Yummy!
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You know how some game franchises get better with age, like a fine wine, while others rot and stagnate? Well, the Turok series is a good example of the latter case. It started as a fairly groundbreaking FPS on the N64, and pushed the graphical and gameplay boundaries of the console with its sequels. The series started to lose steam, however, and eventually petered out in the rather mediocre Turok Evolution. Its parent company, Acclaim, made some poor decisions (some involving a really bad BMX game) and went bankrupt in 2004. Disney of all companies purchased the Turok license, and under the Touchstone name, had developer Propaganda Games build a new game. So, did the series' long and tortured rebirth prove worthwhile? Well, it depends on how strict your definition of Turok is.
The newest Turok is a franchise reboot in every sense of the term, right down to its simple, straightforward title (kind of like "Rocky Balboa," "Rambo," and that new "Star Trek" thing). The old continuity, about the time-traveling Tal'set, is nowhere to be seen. The new hero is Joseph Turok, a distant descendant of Tal'set, who is on a mission to find and kill his old commander, Kane. Kane has gone rogue and has set up camp on a distant planet, and Turok is advisor to a marine strike team sent to end Kane's plans. Minutes after the marines thaw out of cryo-sleep and gear up, their ship is attacked from orbit and crash-lands on the planet below. This opening sequence sets up Turok's basic abilities, like climbing, dodging, and prying doors.
The intro also establishes just how pretty the game is, pretty in a drab gray, muscle-bound and dented metal sort of way. The characters are clearly the star of the game's graphical buffet, featuring some of the best modeling, texturing and animation on the 360 to date. Turok is rendered on Epic's Unreal 3 engine, and as far as character models go, Propaganda's effort rivals Epic's own Gears of War. I actually prefer the visual style of Turok and his sullen marine allies to the improbably bulky Marcus Fenix and crew; Turok's characters just looked a little more believable.
Gears does have Turok beat on environmental design, if only by a bit. The jungle planet that Turok crashes on is breathtaking from a distance, easily as good looking as Halo 3's opening level. Once you get closer, the flaws start to appear. A few of the textures aren't as high res as they should be. Turok also expresses one of the Unreal 3 engine's technical issues: environments will be rendered with very ugly low res texturing for a few seconds, and then once the memory catches up, resolution will increase dramatically. This happened to me on more than one occasion, but it was only a minor problem, and not nearly as prevalent as it was in Bioshock. The levels themselves are suitably attractive jungle and cave settings, aside from the occasional military base, which are dull and boring in comparison to the organic jungle.
Then again, the jungles have Turok's signature dinosaurs to liven them up. Propaganda made the Turok series' unifying thread a pervasive element in the new game, and graphically, they did a great job of it too. Each of the different species—T Rex, raptors, dilophosaurs—is modeled, normal mapped and animated beautifully. Some of them even use group tactics, particularly the raptors. The dinos look so cool and move so realistically, you almost feel bad strangling them and driving a knife through their scaly noggins. Almost. My only complaint is the lack of variety; there are plenty of carnivores vying to feast on your flesh, but the developers excluded the equally cool (and dangerous) herbivores. They may not eat meat, but a stegosaurus or triceratops could be pretty terrifying if you pissed it off. And there were no epic, scripted battles between a T-Rex and a similarly massive plant eater.
My single complaint with the visuals is the lack of red. The older Turok games were rather liberal when tossing around the blood and gore, but the new game has toned it down. It's plenty bloody when you're eviscerating dinos, but shooting or stabbing a human results in yellow sparks and not much else. The human guards are all encased in thick metallic armor, which might explain the lack of blood, but in the end it feels more like you're fighting humanoid robots than actual organic beings.
On the whole Turok looks great and is a fine example of what the Unreal 3 engine can do, but on the gameplay side of things it's about as white bread as an FPS can get. The environments, while gorgeous, are almost completely linear. This makes their otherwise attractive visuals run together and grow stale. In addition, the whole "ecosystem" theme that was promised is largely unfulfilled. Dinos scurry around in the swaying grass and climb trees, but you only ever get one big, breathtaking panoramic view of the jungle as a living environment. The rest of the game is natural corridors constrained by mossy cliffs and dense vegetation. Combat is limited to brief encounters with packs of dinosaurs and soldiers, so contrary to what in-game hints tell you, you'll never be stalked by unexpected lizards.
In addition to linear (if disguised) corridors, Turok recycles most of the FPS genre's other current clichés. You'll find the usual assortment of weapons, comprised entirely of the old military standbys: pistol, shotgun, SMG, pulse rifle, bazooka, grenades. The gunplay is pretty unremarkable, with a gun that overheats, a chaingun that takes forever to reload, and a pistol that is patently useless. Some of the smaller guns can be dual-wielded or mixed and matched, and I found Turok's double-gun system to be a lot more intuitive and practical than Halo's. To its credit, the game at least lets you drop the chaingun as an auto-turret, but that idea has been around since at least Perfect Dark on the N64. Considering that the Turok series gave us weapons like the gore-tastic Cerebral Bore, I was rather disappointed in the new game's selection of guns.
To warrant at least some small part of its trademark, the game gives Turok his traditional weapon, the bow. The weapon is slow—it takes time to steady the aim and pull back an arrow, but the range is good and a fully tensed shot is lethal to any ordinary enemy. The bow is essentially a second sniper rifle that Turok has with him at all times. My only gripe is that Turok will only hold an arrow back for so long, and then he lets it fly. Apparently his size-of-large-hams biceps are only strong enough to keep a bow drawn for a few seconds.
For the new game, Turok trades his old spiked gauntlets for a trusty combat knife. He can't melee with any other weapon, but the knife makes up for it. If you press the right trigger down in time with an icon on screen, Turok will perform an instant kill move with his knife that will dispatch any regular soldier or dino in a brutal takedown cinematic. Pulling these moves off is so easy, it gets a little cheap; you can charge into a pack of raptors and take three or four down without suffering a single bite. The knife is also handy for stealth based combat, in that it kills enemy soldiers silently if you can sneak up on them.
The stealth combat leads me to Turok's most glaring flaw: its fragmented and indecisive gameplay. When it's not being a run-of-the-mill FPS, Turok tries to be three or four different kinds of games and half-fails in each respect. The aforementioned stealth elements feel scripted and out of place; you'll come upon a clearing filled with enemies milling about, but alert one of them and you'll have the entire mountain's complement of troops chasing you.
At other times Turok tries to be Gears of War, without any implementation of a cover system. This was rather disorienting at first—knowing that I was playing a Turok game, I'd run in, triggers down, expecting a spray and pray gunfight, but then I'd be overwhelmed and killed within seconds. This new brand of Turok expects you to huddle behind rocks and crates, firing from cover without any way to really hunker down or pop out for a quick shot. You basically have Gears of War combat with Quake-style movement mechanics, and they don't go well together at all.
The inclusion of regenerating health doesn't help this situation either. Regular readers of my reviews will know that I absolutely hate regenerating health, and Turok has only fueled my ire for the trope. As the titular hero sustains more and more damage, his vision gets red and bleary, making it harder and harder to aim at and kill the annoying guy pumping bullets into you. Explosions also tend to throw Turok flying through the air, landing with his back to whatever is attacking him. The only effective way to handle combat is to barrel in, kill a few guys, make a cowardly run halfway across the battlefield to recharge, and repeat.
The game has a lot of frustrating moments like that, where it'll apparently give you many ways of dealing with a situation, when in reality there is only one effective solution and you aren't made aware of that. The final boss battle with a T-Rex is a good example. The battlefield is littered with weapons, but the only real way to defeat the T-Rex is to grab a shotgun, distract the dino with its secondary flares, and then pump it full of rockets while it stares dumbly at the shiny flare on the ground. Incidentally, the dino can withstand more explosives than could effectively kill the Incredible Hulk, so expect to be devoured a number of times as you scurry around looking for more rockets.
The checkpoint system makes the gameplay even more tiresome, because most of the checkpoints are placed at inconvenient times. You'll get wasted again and again, only to retry from a point five or ten minutes ago, and then have to battle your way through the same platoon or pack of raptors all over again. Prey let the player save whenever they wanted to, and that game was released a couple years ago. The 360 has big memory cards and a hard drive, and Turok needs to get with the times.
The gameplay is on the average side at best, and frustrating at worst, but at least Turok sounds good. The score is primarily orchestral, and does a good job of wrapping the linear action in an epic disguise. The music isn't something I'd want on a soundtrack, but it's well done and consistently fits with the action. The voice acting is surprisingly good, within the constraints of the stereotypical space marine characters. The cast includes Ron Pearlman and Timothy Olyphant, and Gregory Cruz is memorable as the new Turok.
As far as multiplayer goes, Turok has a healthy supply of modes and options, but for the most part they're your typical fare, much like the solo campaign. I liked that the maps have dinosaurs running around, attacking players at random. The co-op mode is probably the multiplayer's biggest disappointment—you can select a number of pre-set missions where you and friends fight against bots, but there is not option to play through the solo campaign with a friends. This is a little strange, considering Turok has an ally with him at almost all times during the story mode. The multiplayer is online only, with no split-screen support, so you probably won't be breaking Turok out for parties like you would Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4.
Overall, the new Turok left me a little conflicted, because I had such a love-hate relationship with it. It's a competent shooter in most respects but also an extraordinarily average one. Sure it looks good, but is that really a compliment for a 360 title anymore? I'm tired of saying "this game looked spectacular, but…"
I guess I agree with Ben Croshaw on this one. Most of Turok's problems come from it ripping off Halo, just like every other FPS these days. Yes, Halo was very creative in many ways when it came out; the free-roaming vehicle levels, limited weapon capacity and squad based combat really hadn't been done before. A lot of people forget that the other half of Halo was repetitive level design, linearity to the point of mindless tedium and a pretty clichéd story. Any game that copies Halo to the letter is going to imitate the good and the bad—you'll inevitably get the stereotyped space marines, and the recharging health in a context where it doesn't make sense and gets on the player's nerves. Last time I checked, Turok doesn't have a fusion-powered alien energy shield that re-juices after a few seconds.
If you really liked the older Turoks, maybe you'll just be thrilled that the series is back. There certainly isn't much of the original spirit left, though. This new flavor of Turok has potential as a series, but the developers need to give it a personality of its own, add more nostalgia for the old fans and make the gameplay more engaging.
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Turok's return from death isn't exactly a monumental occasion, but it's not all that bad either. The new Turok is pretty average as FPSs go, but there's definitely potential for a sequel if the developers innovate a little.
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I worked at StoneMor full-time for less than a year
Pros – absolutely none. The atmosphere was predatory, there are little chance of making money because if you don't make quota one week, you are sent outside to greet customers for the next week ( punishment) Discrimination is not handled at all. Old timers get all the leads and they get the numbers. Unprofessional management with no education at all. Who can survive on $200.00 a week and they don't want you there anyway. Its all preneed and in my cemetery, graves were $23,000. In this economy? So overpriced it is insane. NO training. You cannot be an empathetic human and work here.
Cons – All of the above because there are no positives . If you are nice- stay away. All they want are numbers and they prey on the elderly to the point of harrassment. It was a hellacious experience working with monsters.
Advice to Senior Management – Know what you are doing and who you are hiring. Maybe these are the kind of people you want. If so, then you will retain the reputation that cemetery people are snakes.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
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i am trying to come up with a program that does the following
- prints the word 'commands', followed by cursor
- lists all files in the A:\ directorywhen user enters 'dir'
- reads in a filename (from the list) from the user
- transfers the file (between 2 pcs) via the serial port
- lights up a LED each time a char is sent or received
as of now i am stuck at 2. i do not know how i can list all the files in the A:\ drive.
can someone help me with that?
i am using assembly language assembled by tasm.
thank you for any help.